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"As New Zealand heads toward another general election, political attention is
naturally focused on the issues touching people’s lives right now.
The months ahead are sure to bring more pledged policies to ease the country’s
cost of living crisis, housing unaffordability, high unemployment and health
system pressures.
With so many families struggling to make ends meet, that’s hardly surprising.
But focusing on today’s challenges risks ignoring, if not worsening, those of
tomorrow.
Many of New Zealand’s “long problems” – including the economic and social
implications of an ageing population, a changing climate and transformative
technologies such as artificial intelligence – are fast coming to bear.
Others – such as an ongoing biodiversity crisis, infrastructure and housing
shortages and low productivity – have long loomed in the background but
increasingly also require durable and effective policy responses.
None of these problems can be solved quickly or easily. Meaningful progress
requires policymakers to look beyond the next three-year parliamentary term and
the short-term incentives of the electoral cycle."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
